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in the taliban support them. but they were still a very, very powerful faction. perhaps the most powerful in terms of -- of security. so a very large segment of the taliban will be shamed that this happened. they hosted this important figure with whom they had a relationship going back many, many years and he was killed in their territory. you know the taliban released a statement after a drone strike this weekend -- it seems to be the same drone strike. they didn't say who the target was at the time, and they called it a violation of their sovereignty against international norms. and they said that it could close the doors for future cooperation and opportunities. so in a way the response was a rejection but fairly measured when you look at other statements from the taliban. so they were angry. they're saying it's going to close the door for other cooperation and it's a problem, but they weren't threatening to burn down the white house or carry out an attack like this. but there will certainly be elements within
in the taliban support them. but they were still a very, very powerful faction. perhaps the most powerful in terms of -- of security. so a very large segment of the taliban will be shamed that this happened. they hosted this important figure with whom they had a relationship going back many, many years and he was killed in their territory. you know the taliban released a statement after a drone strike this weekend -- it seems to be the same drone strike. they didn't say who the target was at...
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troops withdrew from the country, after the taliban drove him out. and, i met taliban leaders. and they believed that what happened was a miracle, but they were given this victory because of a gift from god, that they were untouchable. you could look in their eyes, if you ever noticed, a lot of american reporters were going around with the taliban, there was no hostility. they were not just proud of what they had done, and wanted to show it off, they believed that this was a miracle, and that it was their duty to show the world got actions on earth. so, when you have that kind of mentality, you are not really intimidated by what the u.s. is threatening to do. you say, well, we've gone through hard times in the past, and look where our faith brought us. so, they have ayman al-zawahiri in the country, near the presidential palace for months. the fact that the u.s. got him shows the u.s. still has very good intelligence there, still was able to get informants, who are able to establish a pattern of life inside the building. but overtime, will those informants continue to be as goo
troops withdrew from the country, after the taliban drove him out. and, i met taliban leaders. and they believed that what happened was a miracle, but they were given this victory because of a gift from god, that they were untouchable. you could look in their eyes, if you ever noticed, a lot of american reporters were going around with the taliban, there was no hostility. they were not just proud of what they had done, and wanted to show it off, they believed that this was a miracle, and that...
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deserting his post in taliban cabtivity and now facing life in prison. that and more as "first look" starts. >> good morning. right now tornado outbreaks, severe weather shredding parts of oklahoma. >> there it is. tornado on the ground. west of sand springs about five miles. >> this tornado touching down at a mobile home park just outside of tulsa. more than 50 homes flattened in seconds. one person was killed. several orethers were hurt and -- >> it's about to go down a main street. >> the dark sky erupting and power transformers erupting. more than 70,000 are without power in the state. ripping trees out from the ground. it was just enough damage to cancel classes cede but a stark contrast to the twister that decimated more back in 2013. near tulsa's airports as tornado sirens blard, people sought shelter in the basement. wednesday's storm strike also brought heavy rain and golf ball size hail. is the severe weather over? our meteorologist has the answer in just a few minutes. now to the germanwings crash and a new report from the new york times which
deserting his post in taliban cabtivity and now facing life in prison. that and more as "first look" starts. >> good morning. right now tornado outbreaks, severe weather shredding parts of oklahoma. >> there it is. tornado on the ground. west of sand springs about five miles. >> this tornado touching down at a mobile home park just outside of tulsa. more than 50 homes flattened in seconds. one person was killed. several orethers were hurt and -- >> it's about...
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in getting the taliban to himself, in debting the taliban to himself, and two days laider, laid down hell on the united states of america on september 11th, 2001, in pennsylvania, and new york city and the pentagon. this was the first wanted poster put out for aman al-zawahiri from 9/11,hi october 2001, week after the attack, the reward for information leading to his capture at $5g million, that would soon quintuple to $25 milliono reward. theio largest reward offered fo anyonela on earth. after u.s. navy seal mission in 2001 took out osama bin laden, zawahiri became the head of al qaeda, and at that point, he became literallya, the most wand terrorist on the fbi's list of most wanted terrorists. and you can see if you look at the twon different wanted posters,er you can see that ove 20 yearsan plus, while the rewa did go up, you know, they didn't change the photo of him, they didn't change muchan about what they knew about him, or how to advise people to find him, but tonight, there is an update, tonight, they have updated the poster at long last. this was just changed this evening
in getting the taliban to himself, in debting the taliban to himself, and two days laider, laid down hell on the united states of america on september 11th, 2001, in pennsylvania, and new york city and the pentagon. this was the first wanted poster put out for aman al-zawahiri from 9/11,hi october 2001, week after the attack, the reward for information leading to his capture at $5g million, that would soon quintuple to $25 milliono reward. theio largest reward offered fo anyonela on earth....
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we killed a lot of taliban people. took over the country, turned it over to karzai's crowd, and basically we continued to fight our soldiers over there right through this moment. we are killing taliban if they're coming at us. they're killing us if they get their chance. we're giving five of the most dangerous call pan people back in exchange for a soldier who walked intost by leaving his post. does it make sense? >> it makes sense to me, in my mind as a former marine, we leave no man behind. we don't call fie that. didn't he leave his unit behind? >> he was still a u.s. soldier. he was still a u.s. citizen and we don't needive leave him behind. what happens when he comes home after he's medically discharged and we're able to assess what happened to him? then maybe. just maybe there are charges. i think five years with taliban is probably painful enough. >> that's your judgment. >> he left his uniform behind, his rifle behind and he told people if he didn't like the mission he was headed to pakistan. what was he doing?
we killed a lot of taliban people. took over the country, turned it over to karzai's crowd, and basically we continued to fight our soldiers over there right through this moment. we are killing taliban if they're coming at us. they're killing us if they get their chance. we're giving five of the most dangerous call pan people back in exchange for a soldier who walked intost by leaving his post. does it make sense? >> it makes sense to me, in my mind as a former marine, we leave no man...
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the taliban start to run and abandon al qaeda. >> you know the taliban leave us and they said, we are sorry. >> in november 2001, khabil falls. the regime that hosted bin laden is defeated. even kandahar is overthrown. >> when kandahar fell, that was the last urban strong hold of the taliban and al qaeda less than 90 days after 9/11. there were only 410 americans on the ground in afghanistan. approximately 300 special forces. >> 400 americans on the ground and they toppled the government of the taliban? >> 400 americans that were in partnership with our afghan allies. that was the key. >> the cost to american to drive out the taliban? less than $1 billion and one u.s. cia officer killed. >> relatively speaking, it was a very cheap and low-risk victory. what happened after that? >> well, i believe that we as a nation and as a global community failed to secure that victory. >> the quick victory in afghanistan wasn't secured in large part because of pakistan and its porous border. al qaeda and the taliban crossed over and established a new sanctuary next to afghanistan. then in what has
the taliban start to run and abandon al qaeda. >> you know the taliban leave us and they said, we are sorry. >> in november 2001, khabil falls. the regime that hosted bin laden is defeated. even kandahar is overthrown. >> when kandahar fell, that was the last urban strong hold of the taliban and al qaeda less than 90 days after 9/11. there were only 410 americans on the ground in afghanistan. approximately 300 special forces. >> 400 americans on the ground and they...
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the taliban start to run and abandon al qaeda. >> you know the taliban leave us and they said, we are sorry. >> in november 2001, kabul falls. the regime that hosted bin laden is defeated. even kandahar is overthrown. >> when kandahar fell, that was the last urban strong hold of the taliban and al qaeda less than 90 days after 9/11. there were only 410 americans on the ground in afghanistan. approximately 300 special forces. >> 400 americans on the ground and they toppled the government of the taliban? >> 400 americans that were in partnership with our afghan allies. that was the key. >> the cost to american to drive out the taliban? less than $1 billion and one u.s. cia officer killed. >> relatively speaking, it was a very cheap and low-risk victory. what happened after that? >> well, i believe that we as a nation and as a global community failed to secure that victory. >> the quick victory in afghanistan wasn't secured in large part because of pakistan and its porous border. al qaeda and the taliban crossed over and established a new sanctuary next to afghanistan. then in what has b
the taliban start to run and abandon al qaeda. >> you know the taliban leave us and they said, we are sorry. >> in november 2001, kabul falls. the regime that hosted bin laden is defeated. even kandahar is overthrown. >> when kandahar fell, that was the last urban strong hold of the taliban and al qaeda less than 90 days after 9/11. there were only 410 americans on the ground in afghanistan. approximately 300 special forces. >> 400 americans on the ground and they...
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now the taliban are back as the u.s. leaves afghanistan gripped by panic and run by extremists. >> richard is on the ground in kabul. he will join us live in a moment. with us, nbc courtney kube, mike mel me, and former marine that commanded infantry troops in afghanistan back in 2012. courtney, what can you tell us about the evacuation at the airport. the images of horrific. do we know how many americans are still stuck there? >> we don't. we know more than 500 have gotten out, these are americans assigned to the embassy. but we don't have a good sense of anything beyond that. basically what the military was doing, as planes were coming in, bringing in soldiers and marines who were shoring up the airport, providing additional security, they were filling them with people, sending them back out. the situation at the airport is literally like much of afghanistan the past several days, evolving, changing almost in hour by hour pace. where we are, the u.s. military has control f the, securing the military side of the airport
now the taliban are back as the u.s. leaves afghanistan gripped by panic and run by extremists. >> richard is on the ground in kabul. he will join us live in a moment. with us, nbc courtney kube, mike mel me, and former marine that commanded infantry troops in afghanistan back in 2012. courtney, what can you tell us about the evacuation at the airport. the images of horrific. do we know how many americans are still stuck there? >> we don't. we know more than 500 have gotten out,...
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more afghanistan's in the taliban. in the short term, who cares about the taliban? save lives now. some should go to people on the ground, would not be worth it? >> well, undoubtedly it would be worth it, the administration just mounds and major contribution to make sure that we keep people alive in afghanistan. i just think you want to be careful about getting money there, in a way -- i think you can do both. my point is, i think you get money to the organizations without empowering the taliban. i think we should just take a little bit of time to make sure we can do that. >> so, let's talk about another humanitarian crisis in the am in. on this show, we have agreed about the group role in that country. you've led the opposition to the u.s. on yemen in the past, on obama and biden, and yet, last night there was no -- with saudi arabia. based on this poll, people you fell out within the past, they came out against it. you voted in favor of setting those ripens even though you have completely criticize -- and left, you s
more afghanistan's in the taliban. in the short term, who cares about the taliban? save lives now. some should go to people on the ground, would not be worth it? >> well, undoubtedly it would be worth it, the administration just mounds and major contribution to make sure that we keep people alive in afghanistan. i just think you want to be careful about getting money there, in a way -- i think you can do both. my point is, i think you get money to the organizations without empowering the...
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and taliban commander, that is this auj he not in carrying out this rain. also. that's what is contributing and driving the sense of war fatigue and war on ease. this agreement does lock these two nations together. essentially, we're engaged to be engaged all the way to 24. the trajectory of success or lack thereof winds to mere 48-hour assessment of this let me just show that. you're not going to. the. we've gotten involved in urinating in dead soldiers on the other side, or we is a the. what's to stop those instances from occurring on a nearly basis for the next ten years at every to light a den denominator, if you will, for a real. there was after. we're still on a pacific timeline. nn wub from a u.s. league to an afghan league in the so the footprint in the united states is going to be much smaller militarily, so let's go by the numbers. the types of forces we're going to have there are going to be counterterrorism, more of the elite group of folks, number one. and number two, you're just not going to see in -- hundreds of united states toorps overly. they've
and taliban commander, that is this auj he not in carrying out this rain. also. that's what is contributing and driving the sense of war fatigue and war on ease. this agreement does lock these two nations together. essentially, we're engaged to be engaged all the way to 24. the trajectory of success or lack thereof winds to mere 48-hour assessment of this let me just show that. you're not going to. the. we've gotten involved in urinating in dead soldiers on the other side, or we is a the....
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held in captivity for five years before being released last year involving tex change of five senior taliban commanders from guantanamo bay. >> reporter: nearly six years ago bowe bergdahl walked off his outpost and into the hands of the taliban. he was charged with desertion. >> desertion with intent to shirk duty. >> reporter: he also faces a second more serious charge of endangering his fellow soldiers. maximum penalty life in prison. >> i think it's he's very lucky that they're not talking about firing squad and death penalty for him. >> reporter: during his five years in cap tift he appeared in hostage videos forced to condemn the war in afghanistan. >> you're not fighting stupid people. you're fighting very smart people who know exactly how to kill us. >> reporter: in may of last year he was released in a controversial prisoner swap. the obama administration agreed to release five high value prisons from guantanamo bay in exchange for the soldier. upon his release his parents appeared in the rose garden with president obama. little comfort to theparents to lost their son and claim he w
held in captivity for five years before being released last year involving tex change of five senior taliban commanders from guantanamo bay. >> reporter: nearly six years ago bowe bergdahl walked off his outpost and into the hands of the taliban. he was charged with desertion. >> desertion with intent to shirk duty. >> reporter: he also faces a second more serious charge of endangering his fellow soldiers. maximum penalty life in prison. >> i think it's he's very lucky...
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mostly taliban but isis. taliban is our enemy. isis is our enemy. we have an area that i brought up with our generals four, five weeks ago where taliban is here. isis is here and they are fighting each other. i said why don't you let them fight. why are we getting in the middle of it? let them fight. sir, we want to do it. they go in an fight both of them. it's theie craziest thing i've seen. i think i would have been a good general but who knows. we end up going in and fighting. he's brought the country together. india, russia, you look at some of the satellite countries that are wealthy with oil surrounding. i spoke to some of them. i said to a certain country, very rich, what would you do if the united states pulled out? we'd be taken over by the taliban. i said why are you charging us when we have to use your country to send product through. why are you charging us when we send airplanes over the country. we're doing the job for you, why are you charging us? he said to me nobody ever asked me not too. i said i'm asking you not too. he said we wi
mostly taliban but isis. taliban is our enemy. isis is our enemy. we have an area that i brought up with our generals four, five weeks ago where taliban is here. isis is here and they are fighting each other. i said why don't you let them fight. why are we getting in the middle of it? let them fight. sir, we want to do it. they go in an fight both of them. it's theie craziest thing i've seen. i think i would have been a good general but who knows. we end up going in and fighting. he's brought...
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it was quite obvious that, if you like, american chose the taliban as a successor regime. and i think that lead to the way that the afghan army broke down and afghan governors made deals with the taliban and they left in such a way, et cetera, et cetera. it was not unexpected that what happened would happen. but i must say, you know, i'm very disappointed and shocked at how it happened. and the scramble to the airport, and kabul by thousands of people. without preparing, and order, and so on. it was unacceptable. and leaving behind, of course, not only national but people that worked with america. your government is having to deal with it on a constant basis. and for us, we saw the soviet withdrawal in 1989. which was much more orderly in those days. i must say the soviets were equally afraid. their withdrawal would be done in a less orderly manner than it happened. >> i have to ask you about subsequent events as well in your country. you mentioned that -- you acknowledged kishogi, and the cia concluded that the crown prince has responsibility for that brutal murder, that
it was quite obvious that, if you like, american chose the taliban as a successor regime. and i think that lead to the way that the afghan army broke down and afghan governors made deals with the taliban and they left in such a way, et cetera, et cetera. it was not unexpected that what happened would happen. but i must say, you know, i'm very disappointed and shocked at how it happened. and the scramble to the airport, and kabul by thousands of people. without preparing, and order, and so on....
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the money for those trucks is being paid, believe it or not, to finance the taliban as a bribe for them not to shoot at us as we go through the khyber pass. you with me? yes, we're funding both sides of the war. they're back today after clashing riot police over the weekend. john yang is in chicago. we'll see what's outside before we turn our attention inside. john, what do you know that we don't? >> reporter: i tell you, dylan, the protests were pretty violent over the weekend, but today it's sort of a little gentler and calmer protests. a couple hundred people marched on the boeing headquarters here in downtown chicago, allowing them not only to protest the war, boeing being a defense contractor, but also marching for justice. they were saying boeing is one of the big companies that pays very little in federal taxes in the country. they also then went, after that little demonstration, they sat in front of the boeing headquarters, blocked the streets, and then broke off into other groups and marched over to president obama's election headquarters, reelection headquarters just a little
the money for those trucks is being paid, believe it or not, to finance the taliban as a bribe for them not to shoot at us as we go through the khyber pass. you with me? yes, we're funding both sides of the war. they're back today after clashing riot police over the weekend. john yang is in chicago. we'll see what's outside before we turn our attention inside. john, what do you know that we don't? >> reporter: i tell you, dylan, the protests were pretty violent over the weekend, but today...
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we gave them an admission to the taliban. i think our answer to the public. and to the political leadership. and it's a political decision at this point. and i believe it's a lot complicated to a lot of the different regional aspects with afghanistan, china, iran. those folks are fighting for each other, for one another. like toward the end of vietnam, i agree with everything c.j. said. >> we -- >> there are soldiers, is there are people who have fought in afghanistan who have come back and said, maybe it's time to end this war about we now have a situation when we get out of things, we create vacuums that leave space for those very groups that ali is talking about. while it's tempting to say, let's get out of all these things, there seems to be a new natural interest that has developed in not having countries be governmental vacuums. >> you are presenting a puzzle to which i don't see an answer. and i don't see it as my job to provide an answer. i'm not dodging the question. that's a big big puzzle, and i don't propose that we instantly leave and expect a go
we gave them an admission to the taliban. i think our answer to the public. and to the political leadership. and it's a political decision at this point. and i believe it's a lot complicated to a lot of the different regional aspects with afghanistan, china, iran. those folks are fighting for each other, for one another. like toward the end of vietnam, i agree with everything c.j. said. >> we -- >> there are soldiers, is there are people who have fought in afghanistan who have come...
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the taliban released a statement on wednesday. they want to flee from afghanistan just as they turn tail and ran from vietnam. when america faced utter destruction in vietnam, they came up with the formula declare victory and run and want to utilize the formula of transfer security and run here in afghanistan. what do you make of that? >> wow. >> yeah. >> taliban has a p.r. shop. who knew? >> who knew? >> the taliban. >> where is it written that the united states in its adventures abroad has to acquire such perplexing enemies and really irritating allies, like president karzai? >> as well. >> here's a guy who is coming to washington to ask for certain things, and he is saying you caused all this corruption here. you know, he is something of a -- we did pour billions of dollars in there. there was probably insufficient supervision of what they were doing with our money but really he has been sort of an irritant for 11 years, and he is about to exit. things will change. >> maggie, in terms of sort of anything that might have biparti
the taliban released a statement on wednesday. they want to flee from afghanistan just as they turn tail and ran from vietnam. when america faced utter destruction in vietnam, they came up with the formula declare victory and run and want to utilize the formula of transfer security and run here in afghanistan. what do you make of that? >> wow. >> yeah. >> taliban has a p.r. shop. who knew? >> who knew? >> the taliban. >> where is it written that the united...
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should we just let the taliban occupy? we're talking about the thing identified from the problem of a counterterrorism perspective is that afghanistan was able to give sanctuary to al qaeda, so what should we do if this is the wrong policy, should we invade? this is the question i myself get asked, it's a question right now people are asking the television angrily. >> first of all, this is not a targeted killing program, it's just a killing program. it's a bombing campaign that's happening right now. it's indiscriminate killing. over 4,700 people by some counts have been killed. latest reports, papers released show that actually we're not, the u.s., is not just killing al qaeda and associated forces, they actually don't know who they are killing in many of these situations. and the second thing i would say, you cannot kill your way out of a political situation. this is a political predicament, it demands political solutions. this is an absolutely shameful policy that's being, you know, set forth. >> are there political sol
should we just let the taliban occupy? we're talking about the thing identified from the problem of a counterterrorism perspective is that afghanistan was able to give sanctuary to al qaeda, so what should we do if this is the wrong policy, should we invade? this is the question i myself get asked, it's a question right now people are asking the television angrily. >> first of all, this is not a targeted killing program, it's just a killing program. it's a bombing campaign that's...
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is colluding with the taliban. in terms of having a regional actor in place who is going to at least if not advance american interests, have some amount of a positive diplomatic relationship with us, that wouldn't seem to bode very well. >> these comments are outrageous. and they're completely inaccurate and absurd. and if i were a u.s. service member in kabul or helmand province, i would be offended. we didn't go to afghanistan for hamid karzai. i think what's happening here is their whole set of sovereignty issues, including the transfer of aid to a detention facility, to the afghans that he is upset about because it's not necessarily going his way and he lashes out. so for all of karzai's weaknesses, he's actually a very good afghan politician and he you know, uses the u.s. for a foil from time to time. it's infuriating. >> wes, as a former serviceman. we tog about the legacy of these wars and i will point out the cost, the war, $470 billion spent. nearly 2100 americans killed, 18,000 americans wounded. dexter f
is colluding with the taliban. in terms of having a regional actor in place who is going to at least if not advance american interests, have some amount of a positive diplomatic relationship with us, that wouldn't seem to bode very well. >> these comments are outrageous. and they're completely inaccurate and absurd. and if i were a u.s. service member in kabul or helmand province, i would be offended. we didn't go to afghanistan for hamid karzai. i think what's happening here is their...
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bowe bergdahl already did five years in captivity in taliban custody. if he's court-martialed on the desertion charges, he's facing up to five years in prison on that count. the misbehavior count, he could face up to life in prison. even though our congress will do almost anything to avoid talking about the war in afghanistan, now in year 14, the political firestorm that erupted after bowe bergdahl was rescued last year is anything to go by, congress will at least have to talk about afghanistan as sort of a factor for that story while they try to score partisan political points on the issue of getting bowe bergdahl freed. are and on top of all that, and simultaneous to all that, congress has to consider the budget that is put forward by the republican leadership in both the house and the senate which may have two really interesting consequences for what we're doing on national security and the great lengths we go to to never talk about it as a country. the first is that the republican budgets are entertaining the idea of going back to the bush/cheney pr
bowe bergdahl already did five years in captivity in taliban custody. if he's court-martialed on the desertion charges, he's facing up to five years in prison on that count. the misbehavior count, he could face up to life in prison. even though our congress will do almost anything to avoid talking about the war in afghanistan, now in year 14, the political firestorm that erupted after bowe bergdahl was rescued last year is anything to go by, congress will at least have to talk about afghanistan...
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>> well, ultimately of course the taliban seek power. there won't be an accommodation, there won't be a democratic consensus building in this country. this is civil war, primarily between the pashtun and other ethnic groups. afghanistan is a mess. it really isn't a federally governed state. it is in a meltdown position now. it's hard to imagine that -- the afghan army and police, which are kept alive through external financial resources and advice, and u.s. air power, it's really going to hold its state together. very troublesome. hard to see that the obama administration right now can do much more than try and not have it collapse on their watch. >> how do you do that, general? when you have so many different forces vying for power, when you have no real possibilities of a negotiated situation in the future and you have a country that you and mikey and everybody have so accurately described as really a disaster. the soviets learned during the '80s that you just can't go in there and change things around but how do you deal with somethin
>> well, ultimately of course the taliban seek power. there won't be an accommodation, there won't be a democratic consensus building in this country. this is civil war, primarily between the pashtun and other ethnic groups. afghanistan is a mess. it really isn't a federally governed state. it is in a meltdown position now. it's hard to imagine that -- the afghan army and police, which are kept alive through external financial resources and advice, and u.s. air power, it's really going to...
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and also among the taliban i would say, there are divisions in the taliban between senior leaders who are perhaps more interested in negotiating for peace and the younger generation who are much more hard line. >> of course, while we focus so much on afghanistan, and that will be the focus of the nato meeting in the military sense, what american leaders, what the cia and the pentagon are both very excited about frankly is the progress they think they're making in yemen with the cooperation of leaders in yemen of the political leadership now that will president sol lay is out and they are picking off what they claim are the al qaeda and the arabian peninsula leaders. >> right, but these are covert wars that don't exist initially. this is the cia, not the pentagon. that is where a lot of the action is right now. there's a discussion now about whether the administration should be talking more openly about what everybody knows away. >> elizabeth bumiller, thank you very much. up next, the facebook payoff. the social network officially makes its public debut on wall street. plus, bono's ca
and also among the taliban i would say, there are divisions in the taliban between senior leaders who are perhaps more interested in negotiating for peace and the younger generation who are much more hard line. >> of course, while we focus so much on afghanistan, and that will be the focus of the nato meeting in the military sense, what american leaders, what the cia and the pentagon are both very excited about frankly is the progress they think they're making in yemen with the...
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a spokesperson for the taliban says the group's priority is to kidnap the prince. but if they cannot they will eliminate him. he began a four-month tour flying apache helicopters in afghanistan last week. u.s. officials handed over formal control of the prison to the afghan government. it's located just outside of kabul holds thousands of taliban and other terror systems. the prison was all the site where hundreds of korans were burned by american forces triggers violent protests we witnessed. this prison transfer comes as the united states prepares to commemorate 9/11 and as the war in afghanistan is an issue in the presidential race. joining me now is evan coleman. we say it's an issue in the presidential race. actually, you know the headline out of the past two weeks. mitt romney did not mention afghanistan in his big speech. his people said he gave the speech the day before right before that. with that said, are you surprised we're not talking about afghanistan more as it relates to it? >> i'm not. it's politically unpopular. no candidate wants to get up and sa
a spokesperson for the taliban says the group's priority is to kidnap the prince. but if they cannot they will eliminate him. he began a four-month tour flying apache helicopters in afghanistan last week. u.s. officials handed over formal control of the prison to the afghan government. it's located just outside of kabul holds thousands of taliban and other terror systems. the prison was all the site where hundreds of korans were burned by american forces triggers violent protests we witnessed....
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the taliban ought to do that. they are making money off the illegal mining gold, opium and hash. we haven't legalized capitalism really. >> is the white house signing on to your plan in any way? have they given you an answer? if i was a member of the military, one of the dozens being sent into afghanistan next i would say what's the game plan here. >> the president has heretofore rejected the pentagon's approach for more money and more troops, kind of the same approach the last 16 years. >> have you seen what you are suggesting work somewhere else? sure, i mentioned in the article and say the east india company, not that i'm advocating a colonization of afghanistan, farther from it. we want to prevent terror sanctuary and leave. when they operated for 200 plus years they deployed with that model. one mentor to 20 local troops -- >> i'll tell you as somebody of indian ancestry, it was a different situation versus a small armed force. never more than 500 brits in india any time. the afghans have never been quelled by anybody, the russians, americans, brits, alexander the great, has
the taliban ought to do that. they are making money off the illegal mining gold, opium and hash. we haven't legalized capitalism really. >> is the white house signing on to your plan in any way? have they given you an answer? if i was a member of the military, one of the dozens being sent into afghanistan next i would say what's the game plan here. >> the president has heretofore rejected the pentagon's approach for more money and more troops, kind of the same approach the last 16...
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an american mother saved along with her family after being held by the taliban for five years. but her husband's actions are raising a lot of questions today and a lot of ire from kaitlyn coleman's father. >> what i can say is i'm taking your pregnant wife to a very dangerous place. to me and the kind of person i am, it's unconscionable. >> and good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president trump is expected to overrule some of his top foreign policy advisers and move to decertify the iran nuclear deal negotiated by the obama administration. but he will not follow his initial instinct to withdraw from the deal altogether. in a compromise crafted by his national security adviser, mr. trump will pass the buck to a reluctant congress, hoping that congress will pass legislation to toughen sanctions on iran for its non-nuclear behavior, including its ballistic missile program and support for terrorism in the region. critics, including america's closest allies in europe, say even this compromise will isolate the u.s. and strengthen russia and china, as well as signalling to n
an american mother saved along with her family after being held by the taliban for five years. but her husband's actions are raising a lot of questions today and a lot of ire from kaitlyn coleman's father. >> what i can say is i'm taking your pregnant wife to a very dangerous place. to me and the kind of person i am, it's unconscionable. >> and good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president trump is expected to overrule some of his top foreign policy advisers and move to...
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there's a big difference between al qaeda and the taliban. do you really think we are making -- i don't mean to press you here. but do you really believe we are making lasting gains against the taliban when we all know the second we leave, whether it's 2012 or 2022 the pashtun, whether they call themselves the taliban or something else, the same people that were fighting the alexander the great will be right back? >> no. but i'm glad you are pressing the issue, because it's important that we distinguish between al qaeda and the taliban. and that's -- and the part of the problem we've had thus far is there's been a slow roll back. this moving of the goal post as to what is our mission over there, what's the reason we are over there. >> it's getting rid of al qaeda. it's not getting rid of the taliban. >> that's right. it's getting rid of al qaeda. but the problem is what we have started to see is the longer distinguished mission about getting rid of the taliban and establishing a new government in afghanistan. that's the problem. militarily, w
there's a big difference between al qaeda and the taliban. do you really think we are making -- i don't mean to press you here. but do you really believe we are making lasting gains against the taliban when we all know the second we leave, whether it's 2012 or 2022 the pashtun, whether they call themselves the taliban or something else, the same people that were fighting the alexander the great will be right back? >> no. but i'm glad you are pressing the issue, because it's important that...
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a prisoner exchange with the taliban as well to gain the release of an army sergeant. meanwhile, u.s.-led forces have officially handed over the reigns in afghanistan. president karzai made the announcement earlier but just miles away, become detonated killing three civilians. more than a hundred thousand demonstrators in brazil are protesting pour transportation, health services, and education. those massive protests started with a bus hike in brazil and sparked several clashes with police as well. >>> still ahead, later today, the house will take up a sweeping and controversial abortion bill by republican franks but he will not lead the charge. coming up, i'll talk to the woman who will. congressman marcia blackburn is standing by. that lead to today's big question. will the 20-week abortion ban. will that bill cost the gop with women? weigh in on twitter or facebook. [ stewart ] we've never cooked anything like this before. [ male announcer ] introducing red lobster's seaside mix & match. combine any 2 from a wide variety of 7 exciting choices on one plate. all for
a prisoner exchange with the taliban as well to gain the release of an army sergeant. meanwhile, u.s.-led forces have officially handed over the reigns in afghanistan. president karzai made the announcement earlier but just miles away, become detonated killing three civilians. more than a hundred thousand demonstrators in brazil are protesting pour transportation, health services, and education. those massive protests started with a bus hike in brazil and sparked several clashes with police as...
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they are -- they have a relationship with the taliban that destabilizes afghanistan. and so when iran does all of these things, when they execute terrorist attacks in my country. in 1996 bombings where the iranian military and where the heads of the plot escaped and fled to iran and have been living in iran ever since, this is not the behavior of good neighborliness and not the behavior of a country that wants others to treat them with respect. this is a state sponsor of terrorism who is on the list of state sponsors of terrorism and who deservedly is sanctioned by the international community for this behavior. so if iran wants to be a normal country and wants others to treat it like a normal country, it has to act in accord with international law and the values and the morals of the international system that have existed for centuries. we welcome an iran that's open to the world. we welcome an iran that lives at peace with its neighbors. we welcome an iran that doesn't interfere in the affairs of other countries. but this is not the iran we see. so when you come back
they are -- they have a relationship with the taliban that destabilizes afghanistan. and so when iran does all of these things, when they execute terrorist attacks in my country. in 1996 bombings where the iranian military and where the heads of the plot escaped and fled to iran and have been living in iran ever since, this is not the behavior of good neighborliness and not the behavior of a country that wants others to treat them with respect. this is a state sponsor of terrorism who is on the...
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the president says it is a necessary response in anticipation of springtime resurgence of taliban there. >> yes, this is on a few different levels. one to make sure in springtime when there's resurgence of taliban activity and attacks, there's a strong secure afghan presence on the ground backed by the u.s. and international force, but more importantly i think this is a political message to the new leadership of afghanistan. afghanistan transitioned to a national unity government, very bad relations with the outgoing government of hamid karzai so when you saw president ghani, this is a message he has been delivering the past couple months, trying to strike a conciliatory tone, and president obama ak nonld that saying we will keep troops there, slow down withdrawal to give you the best chance for success as possible. >> how much does it have to do with yemen and that they took their eye off the ball and underestimated issues there, and seeing through the region with isis, a time when the administration was criticized for not seeing how brutal or how influential isis could be in that regi
the president says it is a necessary response in anticipation of springtime resurgence of taliban there. >> yes, this is on a few different levels. one to make sure in springtime when there's resurgence of taliban activity and attacks, there's a strong secure afghan presence on the ground backed by the u.s. and international force, but more importantly i think this is a political message to the new leadership of afghanistan. afghanistan transitioned to a national unity government, very...
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bush, about 25% of targets were al qaeda leaders. 40% were taliban targets. under president obama, those numbers are 8% and 50%. an unnamed pakistani militant told a "new york times" reporter in 2010, i think this quote is kind of amazing, it seems they really want to kill everyone, not just the leaders. even osama bin laden toward the end of his life was increasingly concerned about drone attacks decimating his rank and file. in a 2010 memo, he advised his men, to, quote, leave the pakistani tribal regions where the drone strikes have been overwhelmingly concentrated. that brings us back to libya. today, commercial airspace in benghazi was shut down as drone aircraft flew over the city. a libyan official told "reuters," two american drones flew over benghazi last night with knowledge of the libyan authorities. they were visible to the eye and came under attack by anti-aircraft weapon used by armed militias. this is the form of president obama's resolve. it's a resolve the american government can and should kill those it believes to be its enemies and it's ta
bush, about 25% of targets were al qaeda leaders. 40% were taliban targets. under president obama, those numbers are 8% and 50%. an unnamed pakistani militant told a "new york times" reporter in 2010, i think this quote is kind of amazing, it seems they really want to kill everyone, not just the leaders. even osama bin laden toward the end of his life was increasingly concerned about drone attacks decimating his rank and file. in a 2010 memo, he advised his men, to, quote, leave the...
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you know things are bad when even the taliban are calling for calm in the region. and that is what happened. taliban and afghanistan say that the pakistanis and iran notices must go to the negotiating table. we're seeing fires spread in the form of conflicts big and small that are now moving east to west from here in jerusalem to the red sea, to the edge of afghanistan. >> and what is the latest on the hostages and this medicine being allowed for the first time to get to them? >> reporter: this is part of ongoing negotiations to get relief to the hostages. the government believes at least 100 of them are still alive. and to get relief to the palestinian people. and it is part of an ongoing process to reach some sort of deal to have a ceasefire which could see israeli troops either pull out or scale back their operations. but those ceasefire efforts are still on going and proven to be difficult. but at least some progress with the medicine deal. israelis gave a list of medicines to the key negotiators on this. so medicines were supplied by france and israel delivere
you know things are bad when even the taliban are calling for calm in the region. and that is what happened. taliban and afghanistan say that the pakistanis and iran notices must go to the negotiating table. we're seeing fires spread in the form of conflicts big and small that are now moving east to west from here in jerusalem to the red sea, to the edge of afghanistan. >> and what is the latest on the hostages and this medicine being allowed for the first time to get to them? >>...
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the freed taliban prisoner is flying from the u.s. military hospital in germany to the burk army medical center in san antonio, texas, and is expected to arrive some time after midnight. but a homecoming awaiting him. bergdahl has been called without any definitive evidence thus far, a deserter, a traitor, possibly a jihadi in the formulation of one fox news headline. this is what he will wake up to tomorrow after five years of being held by the taliban, in what we can only imagine to be horrific circumstances. much of the anger directed at bowe bergdahl from pundits and demagogues isn't actually at bowe bergdahl, it is anger at this long period of war and what the end of it looks like. what the end looks like is five taliban commanders heading back to qatar and eventually back to afghanistan, as the u.s. prepares to end its combat mission. what the end of this period of war looks like today are scenes in iraq, a country that may be disintegrating before our very eyes again. this is what is happening in iraq right now. hundreds of tho
the freed taliban prisoner is flying from the u.s. military hospital in germany to the burk army medical center in san antonio, texas, and is expected to arrive some time after midnight. but a homecoming awaiting him. bergdahl has been called without any definitive evidence thus far, a deserter, a traitor, possibly a jihadi in the formulation of one fox news headline. this is what he will wake up to tomorrow after five years of being held by the taliban, in what we can only imagine to be...
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like the taliban in afghanistan, running the country doesn't take the taliban necessarily more moderate. it's the same when i.s.i.s. controlled territory. it's the same in gaza with hamas responding the territory. we have to respond. they started it. we will end it and we will end it on our terms. >> would you put a pause on ending it, whatever that turns out to be, until you find the hostages? >> if we were to do so, that would give hamas a guarantee that they don't face a counterstrike. that would be a mistake. so we have to have two parallel goals. one is to hit back hard at hamas to make them pay a price for their atrocious, horrific, barbaric behavior. at the same time, do everything we can to free the hostages. it's a dilemma. it's difficult. but we will pursue in parallel those policy goals. >> u.s. and israeli official officials were saying yesterday they saw no link to iran other than years of supporting, training hamas. there would be no hamas without iran. that's very clear. in terms of "the wall street journal" report, of a green light, an order, a plot that basically came f
like the taliban in afghanistan, running the country doesn't take the taliban necessarily more moderate. it's the same when i.s.i.s. controlled territory. it's the same in gaza with hamas responding the territory. we have to respond. they started it. we will end it and we will end it on our terms. >> would you put a pause on ending it, whatever that turns out to be, until you find the hostages? >> if we were to do so, that would give hamas a guarantee that they don't face a...
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the doomsday scenario not even being the takeover by the taliban, but what happened before the taliban, which is all-out militia warfare. there are people who believe that will happen. i happen to think maybe it's wishful thinking, but i happen to think it won't, hopefully. in that the parties that are involved in the civil wars hopefully have learned important lessons about the benefits of peace. the benefits of a peaceful country. but certainly the boogeyman that every afghan in afghanistan is terrified of. is a return to the chaos, the rampant violence with impunity of the 1990s. >> women business leaders who are extraordinary, they are very worried about the fragility about the legal rights that they have won. >> yeah, they are. >> in this intervention. things for women in afghanistan have improved. i think if you were to go to a remote village, say in the south of afghanistan, you wouldn't know what year it is, it could still be 1999 or it could be 1950. so things haven't changed all that much. but i think in the urban regions, like kabul and herat things have improved. women, the
the doomsday scenario not even being the takeover by the taliban, but what happened before the taliban, which is all-out militia warfare. there are people who believe that will happen. i happen to think maybe it's wishful thinking, but i happen to think it won't, hopefully. in that the parties that are involved in the civil wars hopefully have learned important lessons about the benefits of peace. the benefits of a peaceful country. but certainly the boogeyman that every afghan in afghanistan...
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afghanistan is a corrupt state that many believe will once again fall to the taliban sooner or later. it is only marginally better than pakistan yemen, the fight of our most intense target killings after pakistan has now become essentially a failed state, one that also houses the strongest al qaeda affiliate in the world, and iraq houses the most monstrous person in the taliban. and more beheadings there. insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result. so at what point do we say that the u.s. has been for 14 years without cessation is not working? joining us is the professor of the howard university of school of law. colonel you were in the middle of it in guantanamo you saw the way the sort of initial structure in guantanamo developed. it is amazing after 14 years we didn't do enough of it. >> it is a sad chapter in our nation's history that has gone on far too long. and again you have the crowd on fox news that acts on feeling and the facts are, we wasted $5 million at guantanamo. you may have seen today, we've only had seven trials on
afghanistan is a corrupt state that many believe will once again fall to the taliban sooner or later. it is only marginally better than pakistan yemen, the fight of our most intense target killings after pakistan has now become essentially a failed state, one that also houses the strongest al qaeda affiliate in the world, and iraq houses the most monstrous person in the taliban. and more beheadings there. insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different...
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bush, about 25% of targets were al qaeda leaders. 40% were taliban targets. under president obama, those numbers are 8% and 50%. an unnamed pakistani militant told a "new york times" reporter in 2010, i think this quote is kind of amazing, it seems they really want to kill everyone, not just the leaders. even osama bin laden toward the end of his life was increasingly concerned about drone attacks decimating his rank and file. in a 2010 memo, he advised his men, to, quote, leave the pakistani tribal regions where the drone strikes have been overwhelmingly concentrated. that brings us back to libya. today, commercial airspace in benghazi was shut down as drone aircraft flew over the city. a libyan official told "reuters," two american drones flew over benghazi last night with knowledge of the libyan authorities. they were visible to the eye and came under attack by anti-aircraft weapon used by armed militias. this is the form of president obama's resolve. it's a resolve the american government can and should kill those it believes to be its enemies and it's ta
bush, about 25% of targets were al qaeda leaders. 40% were taliban targets. under president obama, those numbers are 8% and 50%. an unnamed pakistani militant told a "new york times" reporter in 2010, i think this quote is kind of amazing, it seems they really want to kill everyone, not just the leaders. even osama bin laden toward the end of his life was increasingly concerned about drone attacks decimating his rank and file. in a 2010 memo, he advised his men, to, quote, leave the...
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they had ha common enemy in the taliban. again also when isis and the insurge si in iraq picked up steam. it was soleimani that went into and brought in aide and military hardware to the kurds. yet while the u.s. and iran were never coordinating directly with each other, they were coordinating to third parties. the northern alliance in afghanistan. where there was i iraq forces. that's all crumbled now. now we are on the abyss at war. conducting foreign policy by tweet. >> it's amazing. we were talking earlier i spoke to earnest the former energy secretary involved in the obama administration. negotiation of the 2015 iran deal. he was saying all hope isn't lost. the fact is that the iranian foreign minister said let not escalate into war and they don't feel bound by the terms of the iran nuclear deal anymore that they are still going to let the foreign inspectors in. there's some sense that says as we have walked towards this abyss there maybe an opportunity for dialogue now to play a role it hasn't played in three years in
they had ha common enemy in the taliban. again also when isis and the insurge si in iraq picked up steam. it was soleimani that went into and brought in aide and military hardware to the kurds. yet while the u.s. and iran were never coordinating directly with each other, they were coordinating to third parties. the northern alliance in afghanistan. where there was i iraq forces. that's all crumbled now. now we are on the abyss at war. conducting foreign policy by tweet. >> it's amazing....
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he's already been in the hands of taliban for five years. having said that most of this came out as a result of platoon members, of his platoon, who were the first ones to reveal that he had potentially deserted. we heard from their parents. we heard from the parents of people who believe that their loved ones died as a result of searching for sergeant bergdahl. so the question is what happens next and what is the appropriate punishment punishment? obviously you're sending a message about what happened here. >> yeah. well, i think first of all, important to remember that there's an article 32 hearing, grand jury proceeding yet to happen. we won't know until that's done whether ultimately he will go to court under what charges. then there will be guilt or innocence determined under uniform code military justice. we shouldn't presume an outcome of that either. and then finally, if convicted on any of these charges, they will sort out the appropriate punishment. and it's unlikely i agree with you, after five years being hammered by the taliban
he's already been in the hands of taliban for five years. having said that most of this came out as a result of platoon members, of his platoon, who were the first ones to reveal that he had potentially deserted. we heard from their parents. we heard from the parents of people who believe that their loved ones died as a result of searching for sergeant bergdahl. so the question is what happens next and what is the appropriate punishment punishment? obviously you're sending a message about what...
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fighting the taliban or by the u.s. fighting the haqqani network. it was a violent, chaotic 20-year war. and it's going to get tougher for us to monitor and strike isis and cal kida targets when we're out of the country, no question. >> tia, does the admission of guilt by the united states, by the pentagon by a general in front of the world, does that help when it comes to accountability, and what else at this point in your estimation needs to be done? >> well, i think the only way it does help in a sense it does let the family have that information out there that their family members were not terrorists. but i was just watching an interview with one of the family members and they it's not enough. they say they want to take this to the highest international courts. they want someone to pay. they said literally even if they gave us all the money in america this wouldn't fix this problem. they want someone to be held accountable. and it makes sense. this was a grave failure of intelligence. yes, hindsight is 20-20. genera
fighting the taliban or by the u.s. fighting the haqqani network. it was a violent, chaotic 20-year war. and it's going to get tougher for us to monitor and strike isis and cal kida targets when we're out of the country, no question. >> tia, does the admission of guilt by the united states, by the pentagon by a general in front of the world, does that help when it comes to accountability, and what else at this point in your estimation needs to be done? >> well, i think the only way...
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and the taliban was driven from power in about three months from the september 11th attacks by just 400 or so mostly cia operatives. largely covert war that caught the billion dollars lost one cia agent in that, one cia officer in that conflict. then long afterwards the united states shifted focus to iraq. it was a much more falsely endeavor, had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. that had an impact on the military and impact on the original war in afghanistan and those two wars are still ongoing. u.s. troops are leaving iraq at the end of this year. but u.s. troops remain in afghanistan. just in the last 24 hours there was a major attack, a big truck bomb. >> 80 americans injured. >> several tons of explosives blew up on this truck bomb in eastern afghanistan. >> hard to believe, richard, we talk about the scars that are still visible this is still a construction site. and the after effects continue around the world even as we have this conversation. our chief foreign correspondent richard engle, thank you. happy to have you here today. again, to the other prong in this and that
and the taliban was driven from power in about three months from the september 11th attacks by just 400 or so mostly cia operatives. largely covert war that caught the billion dollars lost one cia agent in that, one cia officer in that conflict. then long afterwards the united states shifted focus to iraq. it was a much more falsely endeavor, had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. that had an impact on the military and impact on the original war in afghanistan and those two wars are still...
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>> both the taliban and isis are brilliant adversaries but i think we're our objective here is to fight the away game and so had an i mean by that is that we never want this adversary to reach our shores again and so every airman here is dedicated to keeping this fight away from our shores. a stable afghanistan is a good afghanistan but we want to protect our country. >> you see what's happening in our southern border and southern border territory, large numbers of people and in many cases we have no idea who they are. and in many cases they're not good people. they're bad people. but large numbers of people are forming at our border. and i don't even have to ask you. i know what you want to do. you want to make sure you know who we're letting in. we're not letting in anybody, essentially, because we want to be very, very careful. you're right. you're doing it over there. we're doing it over here. people at the border, we have the military at the border for the first time. i don't know if it's ever or certainly there's never been a presence like this. we have a very powerful border now.
>> both the taliban and isis are brilliant adversaries but i think we're our objective here is to fight the away game and so had an i mean by that is that we never want this adversary to reach our shores again and so every airman here is dedicated to keeping this fight away from our shores. a stable afghanistan is a good afghanistan but we want to protect our country. >> you see what's happening in our southern border and southern border territory, large numbers of people and in...
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this trip marks the first time since the taliban took over the country in august that their representatives have held official meetings in europe. >>> in northern california, over 500 residents were told to evacuate their homes in the big sur area as a brush fire straed plu the mountainous coastal region. the blaze, which started in a rural area in monterey county, has burned at least over 1,000 acres. as of saturday evening, the flames were 20% contained. >>> and in one beijing district, authorities are conducting mass covid testing as cases rise before the 2022 winter olympics. the government told people in areas of the chinese capital deemed at high risk for infection not to leave the city after 25 cases were found in the district and 14 elsewhere. >>> more of the "the mehdi hasan show" right after this short break. break. on. preservision areds 2 contains the only clinically proven nutrient formula recommended by the national eye institute to help reduce the risk of moderate to advanced amd progression. "preservision is backed by 20 years of clinical studies" "and its from the eye exper
this trip marks the first time since the taliban took over the country in august that their representatives have held official meetings in europe. >>> in northern california, over 500 residents were told to evacuate their homes in the big sur area as a brush fire straed plu the mountainous coastal region. the blaze, which started in a rural area in monterey county, has burned at least over 1,000 acres. as of saturday evening, the flames were 20% contained. >>> and in one...